Possible smuggling boat found off San Diego coast, third one recovered this week
David Rouzer
Just one day after one person was killed and others were injured when a boat suspected to have been used for human smuggling got trapped in rough waters off California, an empty panga boat was found abandoned on San Diego’s Mission Beach early Friday, according to local reports.
A passerby spotted the boat on the shoreline of the beach around 5:45 a.m. with 12 life jackets inside, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson and a local affiliate Fox 5 San Diego report. "Several fuel containers" were also found nearby, the spokesperson told Fox News.